Re: Weather Channel Founder says\"Global Warming is Biggest Scam in His
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Who got into space first?
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The country that cared? We didn't give a damn until the USSR did it and it became a competition.
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Actually I don't think this is true. Ike was VERY interested in a space program for military intelligence. It seems that the effort was mostly kept secret until the soviets decided to make it a PR campaign. Which was actually good for military space budgets, since getting the public into a "LETS BEAT THEM RUSSKIES" frenzy allowed the sapce program budget to expand like crazy.
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